Headlight-deflector for automobiles.



W. F, LIPP.

HEADLIGHT DEFLECTOR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5. 1917.

1,279,731. Patented Sept. 24,1918.

THE "STERLING" DEFLEOTOSGOP E WILLIAM rrlrrr, or srnnnrne, rLLrne-Is.

HMIDLIGHT-DEFLECTOR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 24, Egilg.

Application filed December 1917. Ser al No. 205,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, WVILLIAM F. LIPP, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, .in the county of Whiteside and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Headlight Deflectors for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to headlight deflectors forautomobiles, and has for its purpose to interrupt the rays of light from the headlight lamp which would normally be directed against the lower part of the lamps reflector, and would then be thrown outwardly and upwardly ahead of the automobile.-

My device can be readily and cheaply produced from a sheet of flexible material, and bent into the shape desired for use. AL. though it is preferably made of vulcanized fiber, on account of thesame not bein susceptible to the action of heat, it can a so be formed from cardboard, heavy paper, or:

, other inexpensive material.

. of my invention.

The advantageous features of my invention will more fully appear in the following specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying the same, wherein; Figure 1 is a vertical section of'an automobile headlight, with my device in position therein.

Fig. 2 is a view of my invention, detached,

'in- Vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a planview of my device before it is bent into the form in which it is used.

Fig. 4 is a front view of a modified form Fig. 5 is aside View crew modified form of my invention.

1 represents the reflector of a headlight,

vided with'a stem 3, adapted for insertion in a socket l mounted in the reflector.

My invention comprises a body member 5, projected into a pair of wings 6, provided at their ends with openings of sufficient size to receive the stem 3. When the wings 6 are overlapped so as to cause the openings 7 to re ister, a cone-shaped shield is formed, of su cient size to envelop approximately one-half of the bulb 2. Such shield can be held in position at the rear end of the bulb 2 by inserting the stem 3 into the openings 7, and at the opposite end of the bulb by means of a tongue 8, which is provided with a perforation Qlfor engagement with a point 10 such as are commonly found on electric light. bulbs of'this kind. The tongue 8 is preferably formed by' cutting out a portion 'of the material of the shield, as indicated at Fig.3, and bending it upwardly into a vertical position.

When the device is located on the lamp, the rays therefrom which would ordinarily be directed downwardly against the reflector, and then refracted outwardly and upwardly, will be cut off, while the rays which are directed upwardly against the reflector will be. diverted by the latter downwardly. This results in the volume of the light being directed along the road ahead of the automobile at such a low level that, while it is shining where it is most needed, it will not be high enough to blind anyone approaching either afoot or by vehicle from the opposite way. It will be seen that the use of my device does away with the necessity of dimmers for the headlight, most of which dimmers are quite expensive.

My invention can be formed of a flat piece of material, as indicated in Fig. 3, such material necessarily possessing a suficient degree of flexibility to permit it to be bent into the desired. form for use.- To hold the device in proper shape when it is not in use, one of the wings 6 can be provided with a slit 11, and the opposite wing with a tongue 12, the latter being inserted in the slit to keep the wings in the position in which they are used" on the lamp.

Figs. 4 and 5 show a form of my device in which the member 5 is provided near its passed the perforated tongue 13 of a pend ant 14, the weight of which aids in maintaining the tongue 14 in a vertical positior in engagement with the point of the bulb 2. The outer face of the pendant can be'used for printed directions in regard to the use of the device, or for advertising purposes, if

desired. I

What I claim as my invention, is: 1. A flexible member having a pair of wings provided with openings, and adapted to overlap one another to bring said wings 1nto register w1th each other, for en agement with the stem of an electric light ulb;

and means for attachment of said member with the point of said bulb.

2. A cone-shaped member having overlapping parts perforated; for en 'a ement with the stem of an electric light bu b, and

upper edge with a slit 12,'through which is 8. A flexible member having a-pair of wings provided with openings, and adapted to overlap to bring said openings into register with each other; means for connecting said Wings in overlapping relation; and

means for attachment of said member with,

the point of an electric light bulb.

i. A device of the class described, comprising a body member having perforated flexible wings for attachment with the stem of an electric light bulb, and provided with an opening in the edge opposite thereto; and an auxiliary member provided with a tongue adapted for insertion through said openin and engagement with the point of said bulb.

5. The combination of an automobile headlight and reflector thereof; a. light bulb mounted therein; a body member partially inclosing said light bulb, and supported on the stem thereof; and a pendant adapted for attachment with said body member, and provided with means for engagement with the point of said bulb, said pendant presenting one of its faces toward the front of said headlight.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM F. LIFE 

